Lieutenant Commander Green served as the executive officer of a Pegasus-class hydrofoil (PHM) and is the author of Black Officer, White Navy (2017).

Articles by Reuben Keith Green

Retired Marine Major General Leo V. WIlliams III with JROTC students. In 1970, Williams became the first Black Naval Academy graduate from Virginia. Nominated by a congressman from Detroit after his application was rejected by Virginia’s congressional delegation, he told NPR Senator John Stennis was responsible for holding back a generation of Black leaders.

The Tragedy of the Lost Generation

By Captain John P. Cordle and Lieutenant Commander Reuben Keith Green, U.S. Navy (Retired)
August 2024
Renaming the John C. Stennis is both prudent and necessary. Ultimately, it is not about changing history but learning from it and acting on what we have learned.